Fields in Trust

Fields in Trust
Founded1925
FounderKing George VI
TypeCharity
Registration no.306070 (England and Wales) SC040357 (Scotland)
Focusprotection of recreational green space
Location
  • London
Area served
UK
Patron
The Prince of Wales
Chair of Trustees
Jo Barnett
Chief Executive
Helen Griffiths
Employees15
Websitewww.fieldsintrust.org
Formerly called
NPFA National Playing Fields Association

Fields in Trust is a British charity[1] set up in 1925 as the National Playing Fields Association (NPFA), by Brigadier-General Reginald Kentish and the Duke of York, later King George VI, who was the first president, which protects parks and green spaces and promotes the cause of accessible spaces for play, sports and recreation in British cities and towns.

As well as campaigning to protect playing fields and open space, Fields in Trust legally protects the King George's Fields,[2] 471 public recreation grounds set up as a memorial to King George V.

  1. ^ The National Playing Fields Association is a registered charity (No. 306070) incorporated under Royal Charter (Company No. RC000370)
  2. ^ The National Playing Fields Association on King George's Fields Archived 2006-02-14 at the Wayback Machine